ヨシュア記 15:2-5 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:2

The shore of the salt sea. Literally, the extremity, i.e; the south extremity. From the bay. Literally, tongue . The LXX . translates by λοφία , ridge. The whole southern portion of the sea is cut off from the rest by a peninsula near Kerak, the ancient Kit of Moab. It is called the Lisan. Whoever was the writer of the Book of Joshua, these details prove him to have had an accurate acquaintance with the geography of Palestine. He was no priestly inventor of fables attached to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:3

And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim . Or, perhaps, and it went to the southward of Maaleh-acrabbim, translated in Numbers 34:4 , "the ascent of Acrabbim." The literal meaning of Maaleh-acrabbim is Scorpion Rise (see 1:36 ). Keil thinks that it was a pass in the Mount Halak, or the Smooth Mountain, mentioned in Joshua 11:17 , Joshua 12:7 . "De Saulcy suggests the Wady Zouara, and testifies to the scorpions found under every pebble". And Ainsworth, 'Travels in Asia... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:4

The river of Egypt (see above, Joshua 13:3 ). "Westward, as far as Egypt, there is a sandy, salt, barren, unfruitful, and uninhabitable waste" (Knobel). The land, he adds, is better near Gaza, but near the sea it is still pure waste. And the goings out of that coast were at the sea. The word coast, derived through the French from the Latin costa, signifies, like it, a side. It is now used only of the border formed by the sea, but at an earlier period it had a wider signification. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:5

To the end of Jordan. The spot where it emptied itself into the Dead Sea. The bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan. As in Joshua 15:3 , the word here translated bay is tongue in the original. What is meant is that the northern boundary started from the point where the Jordan entered the Dead Sea. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 15:2

Joshua 15:2. The bay that looketh southward Hebrew, the tongue; either a creek or arm of that sea, or a promontory, which by learned authors is sometimes called a tongue. Every sea is salt, but this had an extraordinary saltness, the effect of that fire and brimstone which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 15:5-6

Joshua 15:5-6. The end of Jordan The place where Jordan runs into the salt sea. The stone of Bohan A place so called, not from Bohan’s dwelling there, (for the Reubenites had no portion on this side Jordan,) but from some notable exploit which he did there, though it is not recorded in Scripture. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63

The tribe of Judah (14:6-15:63)By far the largest portions of Canaan went to the chief tribes, those of Judah and Joseph (cf. Genesis 49:8-12,Genesis 49:22-26). Judah received almost the whole of southern Canaan, and Joseph received almost the whole of central Canaan.Caleb received his special inheritance within the area given to his tribe, Judah. Here he proved that his expression of faith made forty-five years earlier was not mere words. At that time he and Joshua alone in Israel believed... read more

E.W. Bullinger

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 15:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 15:5-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 15:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 15:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 15:5

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